If you want to use the Microsoft XPS Writer to generate a large amount of XPS Documents, or use it in a server environment, you do not want the File Save dialog box to show up. Solution: specify output file name in DOCINFO passed to StartDoc....

Microsoft just released the XPS Specification and Reference Guide today (Sep 13th 2005): http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/default.mspx
There are three new specifications for download:
Open Packaging Conventions which describe the methods for...

In the two previous postings, we discussed about two different ways of generating XPS (XML Paper Specification) Documents, one being printing to XPS Document Writer from Win32 applications, and the other being using the new WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation...

Here are the sessions and other activities connected with the Microsoft Digital Document team at PDC 2005:
Breakout Sessions
DAT304 Unleashing the Power of XPS-Based File Formats for your Application
Day/Time: Tuesday, September 13 2:45 PM- 4...

In the last article blogs.msdn.com/fyuan/archive/2005/09/11/463708 , we discussed how to generate XPS Documents from Win32 applications using the XPS Document Writer. The procedure is very simple, can you simply print whatever contents you have using...

At Winhec 2005, Microsoft announced a new file format code named Metro (Modular Content Framework and Document Format). The name Metro has since been retired and replaced with the official name XPS which stands for XML Paper Specification.
XPS is...

I ordered my offical Microsoft blue shirts for PDC two weeks ago. But three working days away from PDC, they are nowhere to be seen. Our admin has been on medical leave for two weeks, so I thought they may be delivered to her office and locked up there...

PDC 2005 is just a few days away! Now we can finally talk about digital document/printing under Windows Presentation Foundation(originally known as Avalon) using real code.
I will be at the following sessions:
Track Lounges: Presentation
Hands...

Hello, world of blogging,
This is Feng Yuan, a software design engineer with Microsoft. I joined Microsoft three years ago, after working on printer drivers for HP for several years. Since then, I have been working on GDI, GDI+, Avalon and printing...